Crown Agent

British  

noun

1. a member of a board appointed by the Minister for Overseas Development to provide financial, commercial, and professional services for a number of overseas governments and international bodies

2. (not capitals) a solicitor dealing with criminal prosecutions

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Example Sentences

Kenny Donnelly, deputy crown agent for the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, described the Park Inn attacks as a terrible, tragic incident.

From BBC

Cole-Hamilton says the report was passed to the crown agent against the wishes of the police, was this the right thing to do?

From The Guardian

Sent to investigate, Spain’s Crown Agent concluded that “Turks or Moors” were indeed plotting with Native Americans to overthrow Christian rule.

From New York Times

The Crown Agent acts as legal advisor to the Lord Advocate.

From BBC

In the same year he was appointed by the Crown "Agent and Sole Superintendent of the Six Nations and other northern Indians" inhabiting British territory north of the Carolinas and the Ohio River.

From Project Gutenberg